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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	apostle_n	jesus_n	lord_n	3,237	5	3.3841	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46806	Exodus, or, The decease of holy men and ministers consider'd in the nature, certainty, causes, and improvement thereof : a sermon preach't Sept. 12. 1675 : by occasion of the much lamented death of that learned and reverend minister of Christ, Dr. Lazarus Seaman ...	Jenkyn, William, 1613-1685.	1675 (1675)	Wing J638; ESTC R18544	27,881	62

EXODUS OR The DECEASE of Holy Men and MINISTERS Consider'd in The Nature Certainty Causes and Improvement thereof A SERMON Preach't Sept. 12. 1675. By occasion of the much lamented Death of that Learned and Reverend Minister of Christ Dr. LAZARVS SEAMAN Late Pastor of Alhallows-Bread-street London By WILLIAM JENKYN late Minister of the Gospel at Christ-Church London LONDON Printed for Edward Brewster and William Cooper at the Crane in St. Pauls-Church-Yard and at the Pellican in Little-Brittain 1675. EXODVS OR The Decease of Holy Men and Ministers considered c. THat single dissuasive from this my undertaking the Insufficiency I mean of my dwarfish endeavours to reach the height of Doctor Seamans Worth and so to add any honour to his venerable memory was easily overcome by a double inducement to this present Performance First the dying desire to me the command of my dear and deceased Friend Next the importunity of his afflicted and affectionate Flock for my performing of this last respect which so deservedly I owe to their late Learned and Reverend Pastor If the Angels lately carried him as they carried Lazarus from all his sores and sorrows into the bosom of a sweet and quiet repose how can you or I deny a short endeavour severally to bear our parts in bearing up his memory who had not only the attendance of Angels when he dyed but the title of an Angel while he lived conjoin'd with those not titular but real yea raised endowments which the tongue of an Angel is much fitter than mine to set forth in their due and genuine perfection But as I never did so now I much less do delight in Preface or Apology perceiving that probably I may thereby raise your sorrow to that excess which may hinder your attendance upon a more useful Subject which you may find presented to you in the 2d Epistle of Peter ch 1. ver 15. in these words Moreover I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance DIvine Exhortations and holy Instructions propounded to us are in Eccles 12.11 said to be as Nails but such is the hardness of our hearts that as Nails for their more easie entrance and piercing are often dipt in oyl and after always driven with many knocks and strokes and blows so holy Exhortations must be dipt in the sweetning and suppl'ing love of the Exhorter and set home besides by strong and forcible reasons and arguments to make them prevalent and penetrative This blessed Apostle Peter giving to those Christians to whom he wrote that great Exhortation of progressiveness and proficiency in holiness plainly observ'd this way of Exhortation First he dips the Nail of Exhortation in the oyl of love and sweetness v. 12. Telling those Christians to whom he wrote that he granted they were knowing persons and that they were established in the present Truth he yields that they were already both informati confirmati as Gerard speaks informed and confirmed in the truth acknowledging what they had that so they may the better admit what they needed hereby he yet insinuates that though they knew the truth yet their memories needed refreshment though they were establish'd yet by reason of their inward corruptions and outward temptations they might want further Confirmation In a word the Apostle to win acceptance to this Exhortation tells them in effect That he doth not lay the first Colours but only refreshes and washes them over again Secondly As the Apostle dips the Nail in the oil of love so he strikes it home with the blows of forcible arguments and perswasions and the first argument is laid down in ver 12 in the word wherefore Wherefore says he I will put you in remembrance But wherefore was that wherefore put down The force of it lies thus Because by your progressiveness in Grace proficiency in Holiness there will be a more abundant Entrance made for you into the Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ As if he had said If you have but a little grace though you may get into Heaven yet it will be more difficultly and creepingly but if you go with a full measure of Grace with proficiency in Holiness by adding one degree of grace unto another then there shall be an abundant entrance made for you into the Kingdom of Christ As when a mean and ordinary person comes to your Houses 't is enough to open the Common-wicket or the lesser-door for his admission but if there come some Prince or great Person to visit you then you set open the great Gates for his Entrance then you make an abundant Entrance for him So here if you will be great in Grace eminent in Holiness high proficients in Obedience then there shall be abundant entrance made for you into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Then says the Apostle you shall go into Heaven with more assurance of the Love of God with the more confidence and courage then you shall go even with joy unto Eternal Joy The second Motive is the meetness and fitness of him to give them this Exhortation to progressiveness and proficiency in Holiness and that is in ver 13 I judged it meet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is in regard of my Office of my Place being a Minister an Apostle It was not enough for this blessed man to have the title of an Apostle unless he did by a correspondent-carriage answer that Title by endeavouring the welfare of his people The third argument is taken from the opportunity that still he had to exhort them laid down ver 13 I am yet says he in the body in my tabernacle I have not yet put it off and therefore I must take my present opportunity and because yet I have time I will make use of it Fourthly The next argument to quicken them to proficiency in Holiness is from the nearness of his Death 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 laying off of my tabernacle is near q. d. therefore I will bless you before I die the less our time the faster must be our working short seasons require quick services the smaller quantity of paper we have to write in the closer must be our writing And the Apostle confirms the nearness of his death from the declaration of Christ himself that you have in John 21.18 When thou shalt be old says Christ another shall gird thee meaning he should die a violent death by Crucifixion and because Christ shew'd him that this should be when he was old Peter finding himself now in years could not but judg this prediction would shortly be fulfilled The fifth and last argument is in the words of my Text laid down in ver 15 Moreover I will endeavour that after my decease you may have these things always in remembrance and the argument intended in these words to set home the Exhortation is his desire to benefit their Souls after his death After my decease In the whole Verse we may most clearly